The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-15

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Marvin X. Clark. archivist of the Thir-
teen Club Of New York, club which
gives its annual dinner on the 18th of the
thirteen at the table, has furnished the
New York Star with an interesting rec
ord Of lucky Fridays, as follows:
Friday, August 81, 1892, Christopher
Columbus sailed on his great voyage OF
discovery.
Friday, October -. I4se. he first dis
covered land.
Friday, January 4. 1894, he sailed on
his return to Spain, which he reached in
safety, the happy result which led 10 the
settlement of this vast continent
Friday. November %. 1888, he arrived
at Hispaniola on his second voyage To
America.
Friday, June Is, 1894, he discovered
the continent Of America
Friday, March 5, 1895, Henry VIII, OF
England, gave to John Cabot his COM
mission, which led to the discovery of
North America This is the. first Ameri-
can State paper in England
Friday, September ., 1885, Melendez
founded st. Augustine, the oldest town
in the United States by more than forty
years.
Friday, November 10, 1890, the May.
flower, with the Pilgrims, made the har-
Dor Of ProvincetOwn, and ON the same
| day they signed that august compact,
| the forerunner of our constitution
Friday, December 22, 1890, the Pill
grims made the first landing at Plymouth
Rock.
Friday, February %. George Wash
| ington was born
Friday, June 10. Bunker Hill was
| seized and fortified.
! Friday, October. 1117. the surrender
| Of Saratoga was made. which had such
! power and influence in inducing France
| to declare for our cause.
! Friday, Sept. g. 1880, Arnold's trea-
son was laid bare. which saved us from
destruction
Friday, October. q, 1871, the surren-
der Of Yorktown, the crowning glory Of
| the American army, occurred.
| Friday, Nov. 70, 1871, the first Mas
onic lodge was organized in North Amer
lea
Bismarck, Gladstone and D'Israeli were
born on Friday.
Friday. April, 3. I646. the first known
newspaper advertisement was published
in the Imperial IntelIigencer, in En-
gland.
Thomas Sutton, who saved England
from the Spanish Armada, was born on
Friday, July I, 1925, Gen Lafayette was
| welcomed to Boston and Toasted by the
Free Masons and citizens, and attended
at the laying Of the corner stone of Bum
ker Hill Monument, erected to perpetu-
ate the remembrance of the defenders Of
! the rights and liberties Of America
Friday, Dec. 2. 1891. the Albany Ii
brary was founded.
Friday, Jan -, the Panama Railroad
was completed
| Friday, July, Z, 1916, the motion was
made in Congress- by John Adams, and
! seconded by Richard Henry Lee, that
! the United States colonies were, and Of
right ought to be- free, and independent
Friday, June 80. 1851. Louis NJ hum
bled the French mobiles.
, Friday, June 10; Spurgeon, the cele-
! brated English preacher was born.
/ Friday, March %. 1909, the Hudson
! river was discovered.
4 Friday. March Is, 1916, the stamp act
/ was repealed in England.
| Friday, Nov. %. 1914. the first news
paper ever printed by steam, the London
Times was printed.
Friday, June IL, 1902, Alexander Won
Humboldt, in climbing Chimborazo.
reached at altitude of 10. 800 feet.
Friday, June 10. 1875, Gen. Winfield
Scott was born in Dinwiddie county,
/ Va.
Friday. May Ia. 1885. Gabriel Fahren-
heit, usually regarded as the inventor of
the common mercurial thermometer.
was born. 1t was he who first noticed
that water boils at different degrees of
temperature, according to the weight of
the atmospheric column resting upon
it-that il requires, for instance, less
heat to make it boil on the summit than
at the foot of high mountain Wher-
ever the English language prevails the
graduation of Fahrenheit Is generally
preferred.
Friday, Dec. %, l.ia, Sir Isaac New
ton, the illustriotIs philosopher, was born.
Friday. Nov. 10. 1913. Martin Luthes
WAS horn at Elseieben, in the county Oi
Mansfield, in Upper Saxony.
Friday, Sept. 5, 1852. the first Amer
lean theatre was opened in Williams
bsirY Va
Friday, June, 8, the first steam vessel
that ever crossed the Atlantic, the Sa-
vannah, sailed from Savannah to Liver
pool.
The Great Eastern left the Irish coast Il
lay the Atlantic cable on Friday and
reached Hearts Content on Friday.
George Stevenson, the father OF rail
ways, was horn on Friday.
The PALATKA DAILY News started il.
fourth volume. enlarged and with th'
Associated Press News. last Friday
! The above record shows that it did no
choose an unlucky day, as the super
stitions would say. The Ocala Baansr
very successful Florida paper. calls at
! tention IN the fact that il is published III